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>I just previewed that pub..OOOPs nothing about Viagra.

 

But there *is* an article in this (April-June) issue of The DAN mag ""Alert Diver".

 

The dan doc admits no evidence either way, but suggests that (to summarize) viagra has a short half-life (4 hours) and should be worn off by the next day. Cialis (tadalafil) however has a 17.5 hour half life and would still be active the next day. Both are vasodilators and increase blood flow, and the doc suggests that this might increase the risk of small bubbles passing the lungs and accessing the spine and brain, and hence increasing the risk of DCI.

 

Final conclusion is of course the classic (and wise) no meds the day before diving, BUT (IMHO) reading between the lines, if you gotta, Viagra is better than cialis.

-j-

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